Man guilty of dangerous driving after high speed  chase

A Volkswagen Golf was driven at speed from gardaí in a patrol car despite the activation of blue lights and siren and it went through red lights and across a green area in a housing estate before three young men jumped out and ran. Picture: Wanderley Massafelli/Photocall Ireland

A Volkswagen Golf was driven at speed from gardaí in a patrol car despite the activation of blue lights and siren and it went through red lights and across a green area in a housing estate before three young men jumped out and ran.

Michel Pietrzyk of Elderwood Avenue, Boreenmanna Road, Cork, pleaded guilty to charges including three counts of dangerous driving, not having a licence and having no insurance at Cork District Court.